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Gregory of Nazianzus, Letters
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Ep. XVI. To Eusebius, Bishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVII. To Eusebius, Archbishop of Cæsarea.
Ep. XVIII. To Eusebius of Cæsarea.
Ep. XLI. To the People of Cæsarea, in His Father’s Name.
Ep. XLII. To Eusebius, Bishop of Samosata.
Ep. XLIX. To Basil. (The Praises of Quiet.)
Ep. LXIII. To Amphilochius the Elder.
Ep. CI. To Cledonius the Priest Against Apollinarius.
Ep. CII. Against Apollinarius The Second Letter to Cledonius.
Ep. CLIII. To Bosporius, Bishop of Colonia.
Ep. CLVII. To Theodore, Archbishop of Tyana.
Ep. CLXXI. To Amphilochius, Bishop of Iconium.
Ep. CXCVII. A Letter of Condolence on the Death of His Sister Theosebia.
Ep. CLXXIX.
[179] ΤΩΙ ΑΥΤΩΙ
Τί φῄς; πείθομέν σε τοῖς λόγοις τούτοις καὶ μεταθήσῃ τὴν παίδευσιν καὶ μεθ' ἡμῶν ταχθήσῃ τῶν ποτε κατὰ σέ, νῦν δέ, εἰ δίδως εἰπεῖν, ὑπὲρ σέ; ἢ δεῖ σοῦ κατεπᾴδειν μακρότερα; Μηδαμῶς, ὦ θαυμάσιε, μὴ τοῦτ' ἀναμείνῃς. Αἰσχρὸν γὰρ τὸ πλεῖον ἔχοντα, τὸ πᾶν ἐλλείπειν. Εἰ γὰρ ἡ ἀρχὴ τὸ ἥμισυ τοῦ παντὸς γίνεται, τοῦ ἡμίσεος τὸ πλέον τί ἄλλο γε, ἢ τὸ πᾶν; Εἰ μὲν οὖν ἀρκοῦντες ἡμεῖς εἰς παραίνεσιν, ἔχει ταῦτα καλῶς καὶ μηδὲν πλέον ἐπιζητείσθω. Εἰ δὲ δεῖ σοι καὶ κρείττονος συμβούλου, μετὰ βουλῆς μὲν οἰνοποτεῖν Σολομών σοι διακελεύεται, ἵνα μὴ τῇ τοῦ βίου μέθῃ καὶ δίνῃ περιτραπῇς, ἐγὼ δέ τί φημι μικρὸν τῆς συμβουλῆς παρατρέψας: Μετὰ Θεοῦ βουλεύου, καὶ οὐ διαμαρτήσεις τοῦ δέοντος.